Chapter 12

【Current Mechanical Heart level lv. 1210/500】

【Hint: Upgrading the Mechanical Heart can grant special skill rewards. When the Mechanical Heart reaches lv3, lv6, and lv9, you can obtain a mysterious awakening】

【Basic Attributes】

【Strength: lv127/50】

【Speed: lv18/50】

【Defense: lv018/30】

【Current Basic Skills】

【Mechanical Devour lv. 1278/300】

【Mechanical Manufacturing lv. 1112/300】

【Mechanical Scanning (Passive)】

【Mechanical Repair (Passive)】

【Mechanical Operation (Passive)】

【Special Skills】

【Wind Cannon lv. 112/100】

"That's not right. I used the wind cannon twice on that white monster, why did it increase so much?"

Lin Lin Xian looked at the wind cannon proficiency becoming 12 and was somewhat suspicious of life.

He thought it increased by 1 point per use, but he didn't expect a sudden big leap.

"Could it be that in critical situations, one can greatly improve one's proficiency in skills?"

Thinking about it, Lin Lin Xian felt that the possibility of this guess was relatively high.

At the same time, the benefits brought to him by devouring a small-displacement truck were also incomparably huge: 30 Mechanical Source Points, 10 devouring proficiency, and even an increase of 12 points in attributes!

It was simply earning a fortune.

"Damn, if I were given a parking lot, I would work 996 directly without even taking a breath..."

Lin Lin Xian said angrily in his heart.

But he knew that this was just thinking about it.

Just now, if his ancestors hadn't smoked smoke, he really couldn't think of any other reason that could let him survive.

That monster must have been standing beside him for a period of time, because he did hear some movement in advance.

Perhaps it was because he maintained focus and didn't make any movement, so the monster didn't make a move at the first moment.

Otherwise, he would have become a spicy skewer long ago.

Sure enough, why say high risk, high return.

Lin Lin Xian had to spend at least an hour and a half on one car, not only to maintain focus but also to consume a lot of physical strength. Under the influence of the dark tide, the daytime time in Jiang City was less than 4 hours a day.

There wasn't so much time and opportunity for him to devour slowly. Once entering the dark night, who knew what ghosts would pop out.

"Then can I pull a freight carriage, and then I'll devour it slowly at night..." At this time, a thought popped up.

But he soon denied it.

"It seems... tsk, no, no!"

"Damn, an empty freight carriage is just an iron frame; it can't increase much profit unless I pull a train head or something..."

"But how long would it take to devour a train head weighing hundreds of tons? Whether physical strength is enough is still a problem."

Lin Lin Xian had actually made many assumptions in these few months, but when applied to reality, he discovered it wasn't as simple as he thought.

15:00

The sky suddenly brightened, and Jiang City ushered in a short dawn.

The entire city was lonely. Lin Lin Xian looked out from the distance of the city line toward the northwest. That side was still gray and black, as if wrapped in some kind of huge storm.

Lin Lin Xian knew that that direction was Lucheng and Dingzhou direction, which was also the area that disappeared earliest on the Apocalypse Day.

Because that was the center of the No. 3 "Star Abyss"!

Compared to the people there, Jiang City, which was like ruins at this time, could even be considered lucky, at least leaving a lot of time for citizens to migrate. Up to now, there were still many survivors struggling on the verge of death.

Lin Lin Xian still remembered traveling to Lucheng before. The rice noodles and barbecue there were very distinctive, which once made him linger and forget to return.

However, these human cultural symbols instantly turned into fly ash in the apocalypse.

The light from the gaps in the window armor fell on Chen Chen Sixuan's face. She slowly opened her eyes, looked at Lin Lin Xian welding the bed frame at this time, immediately turned over and got up in surprise, and apologized with a face full of guilt.

"Sorry... Lin Lin Xian, did I sleep too much..."

"It's okay." Lin Lin Xian said without looking back. "I saw your state wasn't good, and last night was relatively special. That strange thing might come again, so I didn't wake you up."

Even if it was dawn now, Lin Lin Xian still had lingering fears.

That white giant monster might not even be blocked by his steel fortress, so even if he let Chen Chen Sixuan get up to guard the night, it would be of no avail.

The top priority was that he needed to constantly strengthen the protection of the "Infinite," and at the same time, he also needed to quickly improve his strength.

"You... didn't sleep all night?"

Lin Lin Xian welded the steel frame bed, got up, took a bottle of water, and handed it to Chen Chen Sixuan. "Today we are going to pass the freight loading point in Jiang City. The situation there might be somewhat troublesome. You need to have a psychological preparation in advance."

"Okay." Chen Chen Sixuan, whose heart was full of guilt, hurriedly nodded and said, "I'll follow you today."

"No need, I have other things I need your help with." Lin Lin Xian brought Chen Chen Sixuan to the driver's cabin. At this time, he had already started the "Infinite" and started to move forward slowly. While moving, he said to Chen Chen Sixuan,

"This main road merging into the Jiang Yu line shouldn't deviate from the turnout. If there's a chance, today I plan to tow an electric locomotive on the road. When the time comes, I need to get off the train in advance to operate the track turnout machine. When doing the carriage docking, I need you to help me operate the docking instructions."

Lin Lin Xian pointed to a few operation buttons and explained patiently to Chen Chen Sixuan.

"This is release, this is alignment connection, this is gate docking, this is path test..."

These professional terms weren't actually unfamiliar to Chen Chen Sixuan. She herself had been influenced by her father's railway knowledge since she was a child and knew that this was the operation process for railway train carriage connection. It was just that hearing was hearing, but actual operation was the first time for a big girl to get into a bridal sedan chair.

So she listened to Lin Lin Xian's explanation very focusedly, fearing that she would miss a tiny detail.

Carriage connection was also a very complex thing for Lin Lin Xian. The main reason was that he couldn't drive two carriages using the Mechanical Heart at the same time, and in order to change tracks, he also had to get off the train to actively operate the track turnout machine.

But once he got off the train, the "Infinite" lost its power source. The only way was for him to "push by hand" forward outside, while the gate and buffer coupler of the other electric locomotive had to be in a released state.

In this situation of losing energy, he had to run back and forth between the two sides...

There was another point: if he found such an electric locomotive, he had to put this locomotive behind the gas turbine and before Carriage No. 1.

Because the head of this Giant Whale 03e had already been installed with a layer of armor, and the heavy gas turbine was more rugged than the electric locomotive, it could only be placed in the second position.

!

In general, this operation was relatively complex. Just Lin Lin Xian alone would have to toss for at least a whole day. Now with Chen Chen Sixuan, he could at least save more than half a day of time.

Clang, clang.

The train slowly drove out of the main city area and headed toward the Jiang City station.

Coming out of the city area, the field of vision suddenly opened up, and a few main roads out of the city immediately appeared in front of the two.

But just in an instant, Lin Lin Xian and Chen Chen Sixuan's expressions changed.

Tens of thousands of cars on a few main roads blocked the road completely. Blood plasma, severed limbs, burning car frames, and luggage and clothes scattered all over the ground were all telling the two that the road out of the city was already a human purgatory.

The darkness passed, and not a single living person could be seen. The mountains and plains were full of wandering zombies.

"Those who should have run have already run; those who remain can't run anymore."

The road out of the city had been completely blocked. Unless you were driving a tank or taking an unknown small road, the only thing left for those who could escape this city was their legs.

But the Polar Night was getting closer and closer, and the daytime time was only less than three hours. How far could one walk on legs?

Or rather, even if one walked out of the city, what to do after dark?

That monster in the dark night made even Lin Lin Xian, a supernatural user, feel powerless, let alone those ordinary people.

Looking at the tragic scene on the main road, Chen Chen Sixuan's eyes trembled, and she looked at the clear railway ahead. At this moment, her heart was incomparably glad that she knew Lin Lin Xian, and even more glad that she could board this train.

The slowly moving train also attracted the attention of some survivors hiding at home by the railway. A few quiet gazes fell, and some people began to whisper.

"Train? How is that possible!"

"Where did it come from..."

"Stop! Stop!" In a certain building, someone shouted loudly.

"Take me with you, I have supplies...!"

"Keep it down, it'll be over if you attract zombies!"

"Quick, close the windows!!"

Clang~

Some people even threw stones at the train, shouting like crazy.

"Stop, let me get on the train!!"

"Will they... come to grab things?" Hearing the sound of stones hitting, Chen Chen Sixuan said somewhat nervously.

"Anyway, they aren't here to offer favors." Lin Lin Xian responded faintly.

In the apocalypse, fighting for supplies until death wasn't a strange thing.

Survival Rule No. 3: Die friends, not the poor road.

"Lin classmate, look..." Chen Chen Sixuan's voice was very nice. Every time she spoke, Lin Lin Xian felt that his choice to save people was increasingly clear. Having such a woman on a life-and-death escape journey could make his mood better. It always reminded him of the time in school when Chen Chen Sixuan wore black-framed glasses, frowned, and explained words to him seriously.

Lin Lin Xian listened to the voice, raised his eyes to look, and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

It was snowing.

Outside the train, snowflakes were flying, falling on the train windows and turning into dots of water.

"Is winter here?" Chen Chen Sixuan looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window with a dazed look, talking to herself.

According to the season, winter should still be a few months away.

But Jiang City had been getting colder and colder these past few days. At this moment, when snowflakes were falling, Lin Lin Xian's heart was slightly cold. It seemed his worry wasn't groundless.

Apart from darkness, zombies, and strangeness, another disaster had also begun to descend along with the regional climate change.

Natural disaster!

If extreme cold arrived, then the trouble wouldn't just be simple coldness; it meant that for humans to maintain body temperature, they needed more food, and train driving needed more energy.

If extreme low temperatures appeared, the train might even need to prepare a heating system.

"Damn..." Lin Lin Xian cursed in his heart at this moment. He had also prepared to find a refrigerator to preserve food. Looking at this, it seemed it wasn't needed anymore...

New book, please follow!

(End of chapter)